Motor vehicles per 1,000 people rose 3.84% to 217 vehicles in Costa Rica in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, motor vehicles per 1,000 people in Costa Rica reached an all time high of 217 vehicles in 2015 and an all time low of 147 vehicles in 2005. When compared to Costa Rica's main peers, motor vehicles per 1,000 people in Guatemala amounted to 116 vehicles, 19.2 vehicles in Honduras, 77.6 vehicles in Nicaragua and 171 vehicles in Panama in 2015.
Costa Rica has been ranked 67th within the group of 137 countries we follow in terms of motor vehicles per 1,000 people, 5 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Motor Vehicles Per 1,000 People | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Belize | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 96.3 | 94.0 | 96.6 | 117 | 117 | ||||||
Colombia | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 82.4 | 85.0 | 90.1 | 95.4 | 98.7 | |||||||
Costa Rica | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 168 | 179 | 188 | 198 | 203 | ||||||
El Salvador | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.3 | 32.6 | 33.9 | 35.1 | 37.2 | ||||||
Guatemala | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99.5 | 103 | 106 | 108 | 109 | ||||||
Honduras | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.7 | 16.7 | 17.0 | 17.6 | 18.2 | ||||||
Mexico | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 255 | 259 | 268 | 276 | 287 | |||||||||
Nicaragua | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 61.5 | 66.8 | 70.8 | 76.4 | 75.6 | ||||||
Panama | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 113 | 119 | 123 | 140 | 144 | ||||||
USA | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 804 | 795 | 791 | 794 | 793 |